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How to check and raise your WhatsApp messaging limit and quality rating

The messaging limit is how many different customers you can message with templates in 24 hours; it starts at 250 and goes up with business verification and high-quality messages. Check your limit and quality rating in Meta's WhatsApp Manager.

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Before you start

  • You need admin access to the Meta business portfolio that owns the WhatsApp Business account.
  • The limit counts different customers you message outside the 24-hour window (that is, with templates) in any rolling 24-hour period. Replies to customers who messaged you don't count.
  • The limit belongs to the portfolio, not to each number: all numbers in the same portfolio share one limit.
Where to find it

Meta WhatsApp Manager › Account tools › Messaging limits

Step by step

Check your limit and quality

  1. Go to business.facebook.com with your company's Facebook account and open WhatsApp Manager.
  2. In Account tools › Messaging limits, check your current limit.
  3. In the Phone numbers tab, look at the Quality rating column: green (high), yellow (medium), or red (low). It's based on customer feedback over the last 7 days.
  4. If quality is medium or low, hover over the rating to see the block reasons customers gave, when available.

Limit tiers

  1. 250 customers per 24 hours: the starting point for a new portfolio.
  2. 2,000: after you complete one of the paths in the next section.
  3. 10,000, 100,000, and unlimited: raised automatically, one tier at a time.

Raise your limit

  1. Complete one of these paths to reach 2,000:
    • Verify your business with Meta.
    • Or, within 30 days, send 2,000 delivered messages outside the 24-hour window to different customers, using high-quality templates.
  2. Meta reviews your message quality and emails you whether the limit was raised or not.
  3. From 2,000 onward, the limit moves up to the next tier on its own within 6 hours if, over the last 7 days, you used at least half of your current limit and your messages were high quality.

What your number's status means

  1. Connected: you can send within your limit.
  2. Flagged: quality dropped to low. If it improves within 7 days, nothing changes; if it doesn't, the number goes back to Connected but drops one limit tier (for example, from 100,000 to 10,000). While flagged, your limit can't go up.
  3. Restricted: you've hit your limit. You can't start new conversations until 24 hours pass, but you can still reply to customers who message you.

Tips

  • Only message customers who agreed to hear from you on WhatsApp.
  • Personalize your messages, keep them clear and useful, and avoid repetitive messages or lots of exclamation points.
  • In Meta, turn on quality notifications: you'll get an email when your number is flagged or your limit changes.

Common problems

  • Some contacts in a bulk send failed with a limit error → You reached your portfolio's limit. Wait 24 hours and send to the rest, or spread the send over several days.
  • The number is "Flagged" → Pause marketing sends, review the templates with the most blocks, and only message interested customers for the next 7 days.
  • The number is "Restricted" → You hit your limit. Wait 24 hours to start new conversations; meanwhile, keep replying to customers who message you.
  • Another company number used up the whole limit → All numbers in the portfolio share one limit. Plan your sends together.

Frequently asked questions

Is the limit per message or per customer?

Per different customer in a 24-hour period. Two messages to the same customer count as one.

Is "Restricted" because of the limit the same as a restricted account?

No. A limit restriction clears after 24 hours. An account restricted for breaking WhatsApp's rules requires requesting a review from Meta.

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